So, with the very heavy rain yesterday, my office flooded. Roof drain pipe got clogged, water all drained in front of the front door, it got high enough to clear the threshold, and voila, our carpets are soaked. Management scrambled to get us set up on computers away from the worse of the damaged zone while the big noisy fans run to dry things out, and I'm typing on an itty bitty keyboard I hate.

Still, they say a change is as good as a vacation, and tomorrow will be amusing chaos, as they try to fit the full staff in and work the phones with all the background noise.

What is with th$89 wire hangers in Relique?

Why does putting ordinary objects on stands make them worth five times as much?

Is that what they call "curating"?

I don't know, but I'm thinking of investing in stands.

That was going to be my second guess, that stands are massively expensive. Or intrinsically add value, I suppose.

Can you make stands out of old stuff you have lying around/ Vintage/vintage-inspired stands?

A lot of the MidCentury-Stuff-as-Art thing reminds me of the Motel of the Mysteries book, especially the necklace and headpiece set made from the toilet seat. I feel like a time traveler, wanting to point out "That's just an ash tray. A generic ash tray."

Well, clearly everybody needs one of these!

Didn't I see that as a prop in Event Horizon?

WTF?? Do you put that on the calf's face so it's mother kicks it in the head when it tries to nurse??

I love that if you look at the tags on the product page, they include "steampunk mask".